Listening
Summer Is Here!
Summer is knocking on our doors again, as usual… So, to keep you English up to date while we are on holiday, have a look at theses links and practice:
- A website with explanations in Spanish:
- The Isabel Pérez website has lots of explanations and exercises to practice the basic verb tenses.
- From Departament d’Educació de la Generalitat, look for any topic or grammar issue you need to review, practice or improve, sometimes you only have to follow the explanations by clicking on the “Play” button, and after that, click on “evalua’t” and then on “practica”):
- Another website from l’Xtec to practice basic linguistic issues.
- A very useful one, with all kind of resources, explanations and advice: ego4u.com
- The website of the EFL’s publishers, which links to the web page of your books: the EFL Beginners and EFL Elementary
- The website of the public net of libraries, look for anything you need (readings, films, grammar books…): http://sinera.diba.cat/
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f you eventualy panic, phone the emergency services! :lol (pay attention to the numbers in the yellow phone!):
Now, there you go, take care and…
Michael Collins Pub: Traditional Irish Music
Hi, all!
As we said, let’s meet at the Michael Collins Pub next Monday, 17th at 9.00pm (inside the pub). Here you have a map and a link to their website, michaelcollinspubs.com.
Liberal Arts
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDJVpjkp0Nk&feature=player_detailpage[/youtube]
After watching this, think about creating your own piece of art. Get inspired with the film and the text by William Blake Songs of innocence and experience and write a story or a poem containing some or all of these words and expressions:
– ‘A wise man in a red hat said to me: “Everything is going to be OK”‘
– ‘Nobody feels like an adult’
– dare
– bet
– cocoon
– caterpillar
– butterfly
– destiny
– vampire
– innocence and experience
– grateful
Silver Linings
Did you enjoyed the film?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub_aQeO-daQ&feature=player_detailpage[/youtube]
Now, try to write something about it. Use some or all of these words:
– Silver lining
– host
– guest
– crazy
– monster
– song
– sense of humour
– white lie
– eagles
– giants
– bet
8th March, IWD: Women, Sit On The Table!
English Activities about this day: IWD Activities
More info about International Women’s Day (IWD) here.


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